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[โ€“] Espiritdescali 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Interesting. The obvious limitation here is that while they've made fatty acids, they still need purchased glycerol to attach them to. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a cheap byproduct right now but for the future that needs to be worked on. I'll eagerly await it on store shelves.

Also a fun fact: If they're using fossil carbon, which they probably are, eating this stuff will fuck up any carbon dating preformed on you.